The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
The US National Academy of Engineering announced its newly elected 67 members and 11 foreign associates, with Zhang Xingdong being the sole Chinese foreign associate named.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold a dialogue between high-ranking officials from 10 am Wednesday.
The US military had revised plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to sign a security pact, US media reported Monday.
Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when the universe was just 650 million years old, a fraction of its current age.
Iran has successfully test-fired two missile, one of them a surface-to-surface long-range ballistic missile, official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
The Obama administration on Monday again delayed a contentious healthcare law requirement that all but the smallest employers provide coverage to full-time workers, this time by giving medium-sized businesses another year to comply.
US space agency NASA said Monday its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Odyssey orbiter have sent back clues that liquid water may still exist today on the Red Planet.
Tokyo is "attempting to deny and even beautify" the country’s history of militarism and aggression, China's Foreign Ministry said.
The first BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting kicked off in Kleinmond, about 90 kilometers southeast of Cape Town, with the aim of promoting cooperation among BRICS members.
The second round of the so-called Geneva II conference resumed on Monday morning, some ten days after the first round concluded with no concrete results.
At least 17 soldiers were injured when a bomb blast targeted a security forces convoy in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Monday.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday vowed to continue maintaining peace and political stability, saying that these factors are the fundamental elements for social and economic development.